DAILY PHOTO: Fly on a Wire

Dark Evening Brown [Senryū]

a Dark Evening Brown
flits about the woods on a
bright morning, Brown.

Hive [Haiku]

the wasp hive:
its crescent entrances
see steady to & fro.

Brief Respite [Haiku]

a butterfly 
lounges in the sun;
and then is gone.

“Cicada’s Cry” by Matsuo Bashō [w/ Audio]

the stillness --
soaking into stones
cicada's cry

Translation from: Higginson, William J. 1985. The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku. Tokyo: Kodansha Int. p. 11

Roses & Weeds [Haiku]

roses in peak bloom,
but butterflies prefer
the weeds below.

Fly [Haiku]

frenetic fly,
spastically flying loops:
lands from whence it flew.

Flashy Lascar [Senryū]

tiny lascar,
sitting on a small leaf,
not blending -- at all.

Pond Life [Haiku]

dragonflies zip
from point to point
amid swaying reeds.

Spring Bees [Haiku]

bees pace the 
narrow blooms of wildflowers,
working like it's play.